The Lifeless Speech that killed Labour!

Posted 28 Sep 2010 by Walaa Idris

Tried hard to keep an open mind, watch and listen to the leader of the opposition speech without my Rightwing hat on. But it was very, very hard; the speech was as dead as a door knob from start to finish. It had too much history and too many details, his delivery was dry and it failed to hold my attention and the attention of many in the hall from the looks of it. It had none of that let’s get up and go, fire in the belly take the fight to number 10, most conference speeches have.

Yet, I genuinely tried to find something to become excited about but there was nothing.

However, I came away well informed, and have a fairly good idea where he stands on Iraq, why Labour lost, not that I didn’t know, and have a fair idea what Mr Miliband intends to do about it.

Other than that I feel the Labour Party have truly shot themselves in the foot by electing the wrong Miliband, and although it does not mean the other parties should become complacent, it does feel like the life has been sucked out of Labour.

The one thing that caught my attention is his endorsement of AV. It looked more like a flirtatious attempt to cosy up to Clegg, but then why won’t he back AV it’s the only reason he is the leader of the opposition today!

2 comment(s)

John Nairn

John Nairn
2 Oct, 20:10

Walaa – I’m not surprised that you found it hard to keep an open mind and would have been even more surprised had you managed it.

Time will show that the Labour Party has most definitely picked the right Milliband IMHO.

The really telling thing about the speech was the reaction of ordinary members of the public during vox pops carried out by the media. They generally received the speech well and at worst were prepared to wait and see and give Ed Milliband a chance.

What a sea-change in public opinion that is.

I for one will be rejoining the Labour Party and it would appear I am not alone in this decision.

Walaa

Walaa
2 Oct, 21:21

John, first thank you for taking the time to comment, and secondly although it was hard to stay open minded about that speech I think I am fairly open minded.

However, the speech was bitty and felt like a patchwork quilt – a clear indication that he did not write it (nothing unusual there) but worst it feels like a bunch of people wrote it. That in itself is not an issue, but it was difficult to follow and digest plus it was tooooooo long!

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